As the Quarter-Finals draw nearer, we take a look at another of last year's top prospects now playing across the Atlantic.
Jesse Puljujarvi was a big part of Karpat Oulu's Liiga team last season, a year after picking up the Finnish championship with 11 points in 21 regular season games for the 2014-15 Liiga winners. Last season he put up 48 points (21+17) in 50 domestic games for his team, and 4+5 in 10 playoff contests as they went on to win a bronze medal overall.
Puljujarvi also played a key part in their Champions Hockey League run all the way to the Final – icing in all 13 games en route to the silver medal, and contributing with two assists along the way.
Having only turned 18 in May, Puljujarvi was also a key player on the Team Finland roster that went on to win gold at the 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship, notching 5+2 as his team went to pick up the top prize a year after they took silver. In the same year, Puljujarvi also helped his country to a World Junior title with 5+12 in seven tournament games as part of the multi-talented roster the Finns had. Voted to the all-star team of both tournaments, the Karpat-system product was also voted Best Forward and player of the U20 championship last year.
This past summer, Puljujarvi was drafted fourth overall in the NHL Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers. To date, has he scored one goal (on opening night) for the Oilers in the world's top league, and contributed five further assists to his team in 16 games.
He is yet another of the top prospects from last year that have gone from CHL to NHL in a little under 12 months.